Vision Prayer and Covenant

Vision Prayer

Through your grace, O God, form us into a community
called to follow Jesus,
known and loved by you,
nourished throughout our lives by worship,
relationships and the biblical story,
open to new voices and new dreams,
committed to one another
in times of celebration and difficulty,
responsive to human need
with justice and compassion.
May your Spirit draw us together into your new creation.

Covenant

As members of Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster, we proclaim our faith in God as revealed in Scripture and the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. We have symbolically and publicly proclaimed this faith, and our commitment to follow Christ in life, by our baptism and confession of faith.

We believe we are called as a church to demonstrate and proclaim God’s intentions for creation, the reconciliation of humans to God and of human beings to each other.

We commit ourselves to face our diverse understandings of the meaning of Christ’s lordship with a spirit of openness and love for each other. We affirm the authority of the Bible, the leading of the Holy Spirit, and the consciences and counsel of our Christian brothers and sisters in all of our interaction with each other.